Alfred James Ham, a clerk, of Millers Point Sydney enlisted 29 Sept. 1915 and served as a private in the 19th and 2nd Battalions, Australian Imperial Forces. He was wounded in action in France, 23 Aug. 1918 and returned to Australia on HMAT Nestor, 14 Feb. 1919

Scope and Content

Includes debit advice note, No. 33144, credit advice note, No. 99964 and receipt No. N25043, 4 April 1919 for soldier's pay book No. 2146, 16 February 1917-15 October 1918, with statement of account for pay and allowances, 17 December 1915-19 May 1919; with enclosures (3) relative to World War One including 'The call to arms' by W.M. Hughes, Prime Minister of Australia, 15 December 1915, typescript letter signed by Sportsmen's Recruiting Campaign with the State Recruiting Committee and typescript letter by Jack's Day Appeal for November 1.

Source

Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952

Description source

Compiled from the Manuscripts DLDOCs as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

General note

Transferred from MSV to DLDOCs
State Library of New South Wales collection of World War I papersDigital order no:Album ID : 1023998